American Petroleum

Allentown's Tom Schweyer doesn't worry much about oil prices. His daily commute to work from Midway Manor to his job as an auditor in downtown Allentown is just six miles round trip. He walks to lunch. But as a numbers cruncher, he knows the rising price of oil and gasoline seeps into nearly everything he buys, even a weekday lunch at Allentown's Dog Star Café. "In general, it will increase my cost of living because they pass along that cost to the consumer," Schweyer said. You don't have to tell that to Dog Star Café co-owner Georgette Younes. She has seen the price of food and other restaurant goods rise in recent months, in line with gas prices....

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